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the fact that they uncovered other explosive material and devices, certainly public safety has to be law enforcement's greatest concern. you try to get as much information to protect the public from potential devices being out there and or whether or not there's other members of the cell out there planning similar events. >> we know police are saying they found handguns, a rifle, six bombs at the shootout scene. what does that tell you about what they were planning? >> it tells you they weren't done certainly, which obviously is fortunate they were able to prevent them from the next event. obviously if they can uncover any other devices that might be out there that poses public safety risk, that's important as well. >> you tried richard reed in criminal court and got a conviction. others that say, saxby chambliss bliss most prominent among them, that tsarnaev should be tried perhaps as enemy combatant, not even in u.s. criminal court. what do you think of that? >> i think the department in the military has to at least make that assessment, does it make more sense to determine he is an en
the fact that they uncovered other explosive material and devices, certainly public safety has to be law enforcement's greatest concern. you try to get as much information to protect the public from potential devices being out there and or whether or not there's other members of the cell out there planning similar events. >> we know police are saying they found handguns, a rifle, six bombs at the shootout scene. what does that tell you about what they were planning? >> it tells you...
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for law enforcement officials there right now? >> right now what they are trying to determine is if he's gone into somebody's house. he could be going into someone's home, seeing if they have weapons, hold them hostage, steal their car, so i think that's the concern right now that that's an additional factor of safety in the area. secondly, we don't know if at this point if maybe he was running to his own residence and in that red dense have more explosive devices or hazardous materials. that's the concern right now. we don't want anybody else out on the street possibly being misidentified as this guy that could have a bad result. the main concern is to keep the public safe. the best way to keep them safe would be in their own home, but check every home and make sure he has not gone into them. >> tom, one thing that's very interesting that happened earlier this evening is police found an individual, it turns out to be an individual who has been since set free, so apparently a completely innocent individual, but this individual was
for law enforcement officials there right now? >> right now what they are trying to determine is if he's gone into somebody's house. he could be going into someone's home, seeing if they have weapons, hold them hostage, steal their car, so i think that's the concern right now that that's an additional factor of safety in the area. secondly, we don't know if at this point if maybe he was running to his own residence and in that red dense have more explosive devices or hazardous materials....
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it's federal, done from the top-down, every federal law enforcement has been involved in this looking for who did, why. the tone from the white house as well from the president himself has been to be calm and somewhat ignoring of who did this and why and resolved in finding out who they are, bringing them to justice and show that america overcomes. take a listen. >> the american people refuse to be terrorized because what the world saw yesterday, the aftermath of the explosions were stories of heroism, kindness, generosity and love. exhausted runners who kept running to the nearest hospital to give blood, those who stayed to tend to wounded, some tearing off own clothes to make tourniquets, first responders who ran into the chaos to save lives, the men and women who are still treating the wounded at some of the best hospitals in the world. >> now using the word and phrase "act of terror" may seem like a no-brainer. however the word means something, means something politically, legally, the aspect of being terrorized. it gets complicated. weave seeing play out here in real time. jessic
it's federal, done from the top-down, every federal law enforcement has been involved in this looking for who did, why. the tone from the white house as well from the president himself has been to be calm and somewhat ignoring of who did this and why and resolved in finding out who they are, bringing them to justice and show that america overcomes. take a listen. >> the american people refuse to be terrorized because what the world saw yesterday, the aftermath of the explosions were...
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law enforcement officials were relying on eyewitness accounts and what law officials are telling us, and like you said, scene like iraq, bolike a bomb went off, tornadic. >> i know that earlier there were reports that there were a lot of firefighters from other areas, emergency personnel that were going over to the scene and if they had enough emergency personnel. have you seen a big presence there? >> reporter: the presence is massive. in fact, they're telling emergency personnel from surrounding towns, we're good, we don't need you anymore. we don't need you anymore. they're telling the public, go to abbott high school, drop off your goods, give blood, that's how can you tep around here. in terms of emergency services, the response was incredible. they're fine. it's now a recovery mission. again, as soon as the sun comes up they expect to learn much, much more. one official i talked to could not confirm the number of casualties. said there were causalitieses. i asked him how bad, he said, it's bad. >> we're going to check in with one of the hospitals to see how many victims they re
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so obviously that's what law enforcement is trying to piece together right now. as we have been reporting all day yesterday, there wasn't any intelligence gathered beforehand that gave anybody any indication that something like this might even be in the air. so i think that, you know, that's got law enforcement kind of scratching its head. >> reporter: indeed. and they're going back, no doubt, over all the information, all the transmissions that happened in the days and weeks before. >> right. >> reporter: jessica, it is interesting. this is a president who often chooses his words extremely carefully on the one hand. it's also a president who famously is no drama obama. he doesn't like unnecessary drama, the lore goes. it may very well be the drama over the use of the word "terror," not using the word it's just not worth the hassle to him. get it out of the way today and move on with the investigation, which is actually the important thing here. >> reporter: i think you're right and i also think, look, he didn't use the word "terror" yesterday i think for a numbe
so obviously that's what law enforcement is trying to piece together right now. as we have been reporting all day yesterday, there wasn't any intelligence gathered beforehand that gave anybody any indication that something like this might even be in the air. so i think that, you know, that's got law enforcement kind of scratching its head. >> reporter: indeed. and they're going back, no doubt, over all the information, all the transmissions that happened in the days and weeks before....
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residents terrified as law enforcement went door to door. after the standoff, we spoke to neighbors. here on cyprus street, this is one of the houses police were combing through the neighborhood looking for the suspect. this is eddie beck's house, he took us through what it was like when s.w.a.t. teams came through. >> they searched living room, dining room, went through the bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen area. >> they searched cabinets? >> no, didn't go through cabinets, went through the bedrooms, closet doors, made their way through the back. >> reporter: beck shared his own footage of the s.w.a.t. team combing through the house. during this, they didn't know where tsarnaev was. he got a chill thinking about it. >> knowing they had him surrounded and close to our neighborhood, made us think he might have been here at nighttime and they kind of flushed him out into that area. >> reporter: vivian stevens lives by herself, also very close to the house where tsarnaev was cornered. >> i heard a boom, didn't know what it was, then heard a lot of g
residents terrified as law enforcement went door to door. after the standoff, we spoke to neighbors. here on cyprus street, this is one of the houses police were combing through the neighborhood looking for the suspect. this is eddie beck's house, he took us through what it was like when s.w.a.t. teams came through. >> they searched living room, dining room, went through the bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen area. >> they searched cabinets? >> no, didn't go through cabinets, went...
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. >> all the law enforcement professionals are hoping for a host of reasons that the suspect survives because we have many questions. those questions need to be answered. >> in this photograph taken right after his arrest, the college student's neck area appears covered with blood. the younger brother'ses cape was busted when a man found him hiding in his backyard boat. thermal images shows a white image of an object projecting heat. in another still photo you can make out the suspect's feet in black lying in the boat. a robotic arm moves in and lifts the tarp. . the police chief tells wolf blitzer about those moments. >> we began negotiations that way. over a long period of time, we were able to finally get him to surrender. >> agents yell at him to give himself up. police say there was an exchange of gunfire. authorities said his injuries came during thursday night's shootout when his brother was killed. agents spent the day combing over every inch of the boat collecting blood, hair and more to build a case against the suspected boston marathon bomber. and today prosecutors are cont
. >> all the law enforcement professionals are hoping for a host of reasons that the suspect survives because we have many questions. those questions need to be answered. >> in this photograph taken right after his arrest, the college student's neck area appears covered with blood. the younger brother'ses cape was busted when a man found him hiding in his backyard boat. thermal images shows a white image of an object projecting heat. in another still photo you can make out the...
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this was from law enforcement agencies, a law enforcement bulletin given to other investigators and all police in the area to be on the lookout for what they're describing as someone who is dark kskinned, possibly a foreign accent. they have no suspects in custody at this time. this person might have been carrying a black backpack and wearing a sweatshirt and may have been trying to get into the restricted area around where the blast went off before the explosion happened. now doctors are also, according to our sources and information learned by colleagues, are removing ball bearings from some of the people being treated, one of the victims at one of the local 4078hospitals there. this could indicate what the explosive devices were made of. it's described as screwed and sometimes small. there were said to be at least two unexploded devices. my sources are telling me one of the things they're doing, john, are to pick those apart. they would to get the dna evidence for the way they were constructed. as of now, no one is making any claim that we are aware of, claiming responsibility for th
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law enforcement goes about it. even if if was a lone individual, it's very, very difficult to do these kinds of things in the preparation phase, buying components to do it without being detected by someone such as family, neighbors, and others in the public. so, excellent move. that's part of the massive amount of leads being followed now by law enforcement. >> robert mcfadden, thank you very much for being with us. >>> three people lost their lives here in boston monday right at the finish line. among them, an 8-year-old little boy by the name of martin richard. he was there with his family to watch the marathon. look at them. cnn's gary tuchman has more on the youngest casualty of this tragedy. >> reporter: this is how martin richard will be remembered. the beaming 8-year-old boy holding the sign in a picture taken last year when he participated in a walk to promote peace in inner city boston. the sign declaring no more hurting people and the word peace. this is also how he'll be remembered. as a brother and son.
law enforcement goes about it. even if if was a lone individual, it's very, very difficult to do these kinds of things in the preparation phase, buying components to do it without being detected by someone such as family, neighbors, and others in the public. so, excellent move. that's part of the massive amount of leads being followed now by law enforcement. >> robert mcfadden, thank you very much for being with us. >>> three people lost their lives here in boston monday right at...
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>> i think that's just a misunderstanding of the law. if you look back over the history over the last 20 years particularly, our justice system in the united states has worked very well in similar cases. look what happened in oklahoma city with timothy mcveigh who was not only convicted but suffered the death penalty. look what happened with eric rudolph with olympiapac park. the fbi can put this case together and be prosecuted in the courts of the united states and let justice follow that way. i don't think this is any way should be relegated -- not relegated, but elevated to something on enemy combatant status. this is a crime against the people of the united states. it can be handled that way. i have every confidence in the justice department and state authorities in massachusetts to do that. >> douglas jones, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> as boston tries to return to normal, what role will sports play? the sox and bruins are about to play here today. fans are honoring the city in a very special way. back
>> i think that's just a misunderstanding of the law. if you look back over the history over the last 20 years particularly, our justice system in the united states has worked very well in similar cases. look what happened in oklahoma city with timothy mcveigh who was not only convicted but suffered the death penalty. look what happened with eric rudolph with olympiapac park. the fbi can put this case together and be prosecuted in the courts of the united states and let justice follow...
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during emotional pregame ceremony the red sox honored all those effected by monday's tragedy and the law enforcement who helped capture the two suspects. at the end of the ceremony david ortiz took the mic to personally thank everyone involved and then used some strong words to deliver this message. >> this is our [ bleep ] city. and nobody going to dictate our freedom. stay strong. thank you. >> big papi. you may notice something different about his uniform. instead of the normal home jerseys with red sox on the front, the team wore special uniforms with boston across the chest. red sox fans didn't get much to cheer about until -- a three-run home run right here into the red sox bullpen finally got a chance to go crazy. red sox take the lead and go onto get the win 4-3. meanwhile at the garden the bruins were back on the ice yesterday afternoon playing their game with the penguins that had been postponed on friday. during warmups the bruins wore state police, boston p.d. and watertown p.d. hats. for the game both teams wore special patches on their jerseys. they will be auctioned off to
during emotional pregame ceremony the red sox honored all those effected by monday's tragedy and the law enforcement who helped capture the two suspects. at the end of the ceremony david ortiz took the mic to personally thank everyone involved and then used some strong words to deliver this message. >> this is our [ bleep ] city. and nobody going to dictate our freedom. stay strong. thank you. >> big papi. you may notice something different about his uniform. instead of the normal...
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but law enforcement sources say they have a number of active leads. they've issued a be on the lookout bulletin for someone described as a darker skinned or black male with a black backpack and black sweatshirt. that person could be a foreign national with an accent. sources say he tried to gain access to a restricted area before the blast. police are also looking for a penske truck that tried to gain access to a restricted area. a federal law enforcement official told cnn that both bombs were small. and initial tests show no c-4 or other high-grade explosive material. suggesting the packages used in the attack were code devices. still >> there's a certain level of sophistication. having made these bombs before, it's not easy. you just can't get it on the internet, make two of these bombs go off fairly closely together. so somebody had some experience. somebody practiced. >> reporter: sourcesel cnn that one, possiy two, unexploded devices also were found. potential treasure troves of clues about who may have made the bombs. authorities still have no i
but law enforcement sources say they have a number of active leads. they've issued a be on the lookout bulletin for someone described as a darker skinned or black male with a black backpack and black sweatshirt. that person could be a foreign national with an accent. sources say he tried to gain access to a restricted area before the blast. police are also looking for a penske truck that tried to gain access to a restricted area. a federal law enforcement official told cnn that both bombs were...
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again, we have this from a federal law enforcement official who tells us of this high interest in two people the official describing as possible suspects. trying to locate these people because of where they were near the finish line before the blast of the boston marathon. and also they have an interest in them because of what they were carrying, which appear to be two dark-colored backpacks in which, as we know from investigators, they've been saying early on that from the evidence crime scene photos that they believe that the bomb may have been placed inside a metal container, a pressure cooker, and that in turn was placed inside a black nylon bag or b k backpacks. so they're looking for these men, to locate them. my sources tell me they do not have names for these people, therefore, they're circulating these photographs among federal and state agencies around the country. with a bit of a message, a memo that goes like this, quote, the attached photos are being circulated in an attempt to identify the individuals highlighted. feel free to pass this around to any of your fellow agent
again, we have this from a federal law enforcement official who tells us of this high interest in two people the official describing as possible suspects. trying to locate these people because of where they were near the finish line before the blast of the boston marathon. and also they have an interest in them because of what they were carrying, which appear to be two dark-colored backpacks in which, as we know from investigators, they've been saying early on that from the evidence crime scene...
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you can imagine that police, law enforcement officials have been told that 9,000 law enforcement officials are in the area now involved in this investigation. there's the manhunt underway for suspect number two, the man in the white hat at the finish line of the boston marathon, now believed to be wearing a gray hoodie. there's the map hunt going on and there are people putting together this puzzle, which is probably becoming ever more clear by the second now they have identified these two men. as you said, looking for a dwelling. trying to go through their vehicles and trying to piece together their movements, not just over the last four or five days here in boston, but before that. there was an enormous amount of information and they no doubt would like to glean from that. let's stick to watertown, massachusetts, which is again where a lot of this culminated tonight. there was this car chase, there was a shoot-out, one suspect, suspect number one in the boston marathon bombings now dead. suspect number two on the loose. do you get the sense that people are heeding the warnings they have
you can imagine that police, law enforcement officials have been told that 9,000 law enforcement officials are in the area now involved in this investigation. there's the manhunt underway for suspect number two, the man in the white hat at the finish line of the boston marathon, now believed to be wearing a gray hoodie. there's the map hunt going on and there are people putting together this puzzle, which is probably becoming ever more clear by the second now they have identified these two men....
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law enforcement sources says there are a number of active leads. overnight authorities searched an apartment in ravire, massachusetts. the explosive devices used were packed with nails, zippers, blades. doctors report removing ball bearings from patients. there have been at least ten amputations so far. doctors say they have never seen the scale of an attack like this in normal city hospitals. the doctors says they will find and bring to justice whoever is behind the bombings at the marathon. those bombings, again, killed three people, injured more than 140. investigators, they're combing through the evidence this morning. the fbi and boston police asking anyone who may have seen anything, heard anything suspicious, contact authorities. i'm here with cnn's pamela bradley this morning. >> good morning. people are still on high alert this morning. there is heavy law enforcement presence here in boston's back bay area. it is all hands on deck as they investigate the attack, how they were able to carry it off and why. just before 3:00 p.m., more than f
law enforcement sources says there are a number of active leads. overnight authorities searched an apartment in ravire, massachusetts. the explosive devices used were packed with nails, zippers, blades. doctors report removing ball bearings from patients. there have been at least ten amputations so far. doctors say they have never seen the scale of an attack like this in normal city hospitals. the doctors says they will find and bring to justice whoever is behind the bombings at the marathon....
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under the law of war we can hold this suspect as a potential enemy combatant not entitled to miranda warnings or the appointment of counsel." with us now from new york is paul callan, former new york prosecutor. what are police trying to find out from him at this point? >> i think we're trying to find out what things, first, are there other unexploded bombs out there that have to be recovered to protect the public and secondly they're going to want to know how did you get all of this explosive material? who sold it to you? where is the chain? are there others who may be involved in some kind of a broader conspiracy? those are the two areas that i think federal authorities would be exploring. >> obviously there are a lot of legal implications about this and a great deal of discussion about this. i want to you listen to what alan dershowitz said. >> the government made a mistake claiming the exception to miranda when the police said there's no public safety, it's solved, it's over, there are no further threats but the fbi are saying there are enough further threats to justify an except
under the law of war we can hold this suspect as a potential enemy combatant not entitled to miranda warnings or the appointment of counsel." with us now from new york is paul callan, former new york prosecutor. what are police trying to find out from him at this point? >> i think we're trying to find out what things, first, are there other unexploded bombs out there that have to be recovered to protect the public and secondly they're going to want to know how did you get all of this...
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and that's why you've heard federal law enforcement officials say they're looking at planes coming in and out of boston, even as we speak. as the investigation is ongoing. and one of the things we ought to mention is on all of these component parts, investigators will be looking for latent fingerprints. they'll be looking for dna samples. because somebody had to touch it to put it together. so it's likely that they will have left some mark on this that will be distinctive to them. so all of this will come together to try and help them to quickly identify. what juliette says about it being a boston case is absolutely right. we looked at prior terrorism cases, both successful and unsuccessful cases that have been disrupted, and each time you trace back sort of the perimeter you find that devices are put together in close proximity to where the attack is actually launched. so that's -- investigators understand that and will begin to work from the crime scene outward. >> all right, fran townsend, juliette chi up, our thanks to you. >> let's get back to christine romans in new york right n
and that's why you've heard federal law enforcement officials say they're looking at planes coming in and out of boston, even as we speak. as the investigation is ongoing. and one of the things we ought to mention is on all of these component parts, investigators will be looking for latent fingerprints. they'll be looking for dna samples. because somebody had to touch it to put it together. so it's likely that they will have left some mark on this that will be distinctive to them. so all of...
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there is some form of communication between law enforcement and the suspect. my source did not know whether in fact that communication was in writing. there is a lot of presumption it's in writing. we do have fran townsend reporting that the communication has been in writing. neither of our sources was able to discuss exactly, though, what's being communicated, how far they're getting with him, what they're learning. but i was told unequivocally that they have been questioning him since yesterday. >> this communication going on since yesterday. we do know he suffered some kind of wound to the neck. we understand there are periods of time he was sedated and intubated. so we can infer from that speaking would be remember difficult. but your sources saying there is communication. fran townsend saying she has sources that the communication is by writing. but they would not confirm the nature of any of the communication? >> no, they wouldn't. and i'm not sure how much it is actually. i was trying to find out exactly what questions they were asking. one would presum
there is some form of communication between law enforcement and the suspect. my source did not know whether in fact that communication was in writing. there is a lot of presumption it's in writing. we do have fran townsend reporting that the communication has been in writing. neither of our sources was able to discuss exactly, though, what's being communicated, how far they're getting with him, what they're learning. but i was told unequivocally that they have been questioning him since...
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that we have laws of restricting the rights of getting guns lawfully. good guys is not the way to go about it. and that's what you see in the pressuring of the politicians who voted no on the bill. >> 45% gun owners. up to 90% saying they would support some kind of background check. a little bit of dichotomy. >> and we do have background checks. >> some democrats voted against it also. a lot going on. let's get to christine romans in new york. >> new developments in the ricin scare in the nation's capitol. paul kevin curtis of mississippi, bliss believe he sent the letters to senator roger wicker. letters were intercepted at a mail processing facility after tests indicated presence of the poison. letters are undergoing additional testing many results could be known later today. >>> more troubles for carnival cruiseline. a power failure on "ecstasy." all hotel systems and propulsion systems were restored. it's making its way back to port canaveral, florida. >>> north korea threatening "sledgehammer blows" to the u.s. and south korea, unless a list of dem
that we have laws of restricting the rights of getting guns lawfully. good guys is not the way to go about it. and that's what you see in the pressuring of the politicians who voted no on the bill. >> 45% gun owners. up to 90% saying they would support some kind of background check. a little bit of dichotomy. >> and we do have background checks. >> some democrats voted against it also. a lot going on. let's get to christine romans in new york. >> new developments in the...
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law enforcement officials are cautioning this is what he's saying initially. they still need to check out all the facts and make sure what he is saying is accurate. what he's saying is first of all, this was not planned. the terrorist attack was not planned in conjunction with any foreign terrorist group. second, that they were radicalized online. that there was a video component to their being radicalized, that they were self-radicalized. there was not necessarily any internet communication. but they learned what they learned in terms of ideology, and other things, from the internet. the older brother, according to dzhokhar, tamerlan tsarnaev, was the driving force. of course we'd expect him to say something like that. but according to all accounts that was their relationship anyway. and from this initial impression, the initial interviews, investigators believe that these individuals, at least according to dzhokhar were self-starters, self-radicalized, their motivation was that of a jihadist. they were driven by the jihadist thought, the political and religi
law enforcement officials are cautioning this is what he's saying initially. they still need to check out all the facts and make sure what he is saying is accurate. what he's saying is first of all, this was not planned. the terrorist attack was not planned in conjunction with any foreign terrorist group. second, that they were radicalized online. that there was a video component to their being radicalized, that they were self-radicalized. there was not necessarily any internet communication....
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when a prosecutor is gunned down, any law enforcement officer is gunned down, you know, law enforcement authorities make that the highest priority. so, certainly the high bond was expected. but i've got to tell you the facts of this case are unlike anything i've seen. it's almost like a hollywood movie. it's very, very rare that someone murders a prosecutor, because many know that prosecutors are almost like, you know, termites. you kill one, there are so many others prepared to take up the coal, so the fact that eric williams is now accused of these heinous murders, it's just so very shocking, erin. just because it's something that doesn't typically happen. eric williams is a lawyer, was a justice of the peace, which is a judge that handles mostly administrative duties, and, obviously, took his conviction after trial by these prosecutors personally. and it's just something that you rarely see. >> sunny, jake tapper here in boston. just following the prosecutors' case and how police have pursued this, obviously, eric williams and his wife are presumed innocent, but it seems like when th
when a prosecutor is gunned down, any law enforcement officer is gunned down, you know, law enforcement authorities make that the highest priority. so, certainly the high bond was expected. but i've got to tell you the facts of this case are unlike anything i've seen. it's almost like a hollywood movie. it's very, very rare that someone murders a prosecutor, because many know that prosecutors are almost like, you know, termites. you kill one, there are so many others prepared to take up the...
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my sister-in-law. my brother, octavio. a business partner. our moms. my son. my sister irene, a police officer. my brother keyan. my neighbor. our godson. it's time to give gay and lesbian couples the freedom to marry. it's time for marriage. but i wondered what a customer thought? describe the first time you met. you brought the flex in... as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly what was...
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these pleas coming from all the law enforcement agencies here. they keep on asking people, if you've seen anything unusual near you, around you, the last few days, please contact them immediately. susan candiotti, our thanks to you. >> you know, it's getting tricky here. because on one level you have virginia tech, columbine, oklahoma city, all in april. copycats, motivated? they don't know -- certainly not foreign terrorism. then, they start figuring out the bomb. everything shifts. why? 2010, faisal shahzad. you remember the times square bomber. he used it here. why? familiar, recognizable. allows them to trace ingredients and methods. now they're back. now they're accelerating. let's bring in tom fuentes. a cnn analyst, he helps us all the time with this type of stuff. he's also a former assistant director with the fbi. great to have you mr. fuentes. let's bullet point this. people at home, they hear about this, oh, it seems exotic. oh, this is going to be hard. maybe it's a one-off. actually the opposite is true, right? >> good morning, chris
these pleas coming from all the law enforcement agencies here. they keep on asking people, if you've seen anything unusual near you, around you, the last few days, please contact them immediately. susan candiotti, our thanks to you. >> you know, it's getting tricky here. because on one level you have virginia tech, columbine, oklahoma city, all in april. copycats, motivated? they don't know -- certainly not foreign terrorism. then, they start figuring out the bomb. everything shifts. why?...
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we enforce the rule of law. we've confronted the reality of amnesty for the 11 million or more people that came here illegally by proposing a a lengthy path to citizenship that does not place lawful immigran at a disadvantage and is doing everything possible to make our border secure. finally, we have recognized that most people who cross our border illegally are -- or over stay their visas have done it forhe same reason that attracted other imlegal economics to find opportunity and live in a society that values human dignity. we can't sanction the violation of the immigration laws, nether can we have people desperate for a better life being exploited by human traffickers, abused by violent criminals and left to die in our zests. yes, we offer -- deserts. yes, we offer a path to citizenship to those that are here. many of them make valuable contributions to our society and will provide even more if they are brought out of the shadows and in compliance with our laws. we are a nation with a conscience that can't t
we enforce the rule of law. we've confronted the reality of amnesty for the 11 million or more people that came here illegally by proposing a a lengthy path to citizenship that does not place lawful immigran at a disadvantage and is doing everything possible to make our border secure. finally, we have recognized that most people who cross our border illegally are -- or over stay their visas have done it forhe same reason that attracted other imlegal economics to find opportunity and live in a...
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. >> reporter: a federal law enforcement official agrees and says tamerlan was not on a terror watch list or any no fly list because the u.s. never deemed him a threat. so there were no alarm bells when tsarnaev came back to the u.s. six months later. >> by the time he returned, all investigations, the matter had been closed. >> reporter: even so, it's not clear if the department of homeland security, which was charged with monitoring travel, even knew that tsarnaev was on the fbi's radar. feds failing to talk to each other was supposed to be a lesson learned from 9/11. >> we're trying to make sure that all of that information that was available was shared. if it wasn't, there may be somebody who dropped the ball. >> reporter: a u.s. official says, even when there's a hit in the system, it doesn't prompt anyone in law enforcement to take action. it's just monitoring for suspicious travel. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to joe johns for that report. >>> later today, another memorial here in boston for yet another of the victims in these attacks. at noon vice president joe b
. >> reporter: a federal law enforcement official agrees and says tamerlan was not on a terror watch list or any no fly list because the u.s. never deemed him a threat. so there were no alarm bells when tsarnaev came back to the u.s. six months later. >> by the time he returned, all investigations, the matter had been closed. >> reporter: even so, it's not clear if the department of homeland security, which was charged with monitoring travel, even knew that tsarnaev was on the...
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and the contract itself, provides that the parties will be subject to all applicable laws and so the contract acknowledges that pg&e will continue to be subject to these provisions. >> okay. obviously we would completely agree to it accept that the amendments and leave it at that. >> supervisor avalos? >> just a couple of questions, is there any schematic designs so far of the hydroelectric generate ors? >> i am sorry i didn't understand. >> are there any designs that are available to see. >> from pgand e? >> no. from the project. >> yes. >> we have prelim drawings and they are going through the evolutionary phase and yes we have a set of drawings. >> is that something that you can send to my office or e-mail me? >> yes. >> please? >> make those available to you, no problem. >> just curious, thank you. >> okay. >> any other questions right now? >> okay. thank you, very much, we appreciate it. we have mr. rose from the budget analysts office. >> mr. chairman, and supervisor avalos on page 4 of the report as shown in table one which is actually on page 5, and there is a department just
and the contract itself, provides that the parties will be subject to all applicable laws and so the contract acknowledges that pg&e will continue to be subject to these provisions. >> okay. obviously we would completely agree to it accept that the amendments and leave it at that. >> supervisor avalos? >> just a couple of questions, is there any schematic designs so far of the hydroelectric generate ors? >> i am sorry i didn't understand. >> are there any...
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if there's not going to be a remedy at law and criminal law and apparently there isn't even the president's made a fairly clear that he has no intention of prosecuting much less even investigating george w. bush. dick cheney don rumsfeld the others. are there remedies a civil war. no they're going to have immunity yet every every stage anybody bringing a case like this there was an attempt to even have you know to characterize a couple of them is criminals in spain and in italy and there was you know some thought well maybe that could somehow parlay into a civil case they released the story could be told but then this administration stopped that they actually closed all that down look this is a bipartisan decision the democrats and the republicans both jumped on board neither asked intelligent questions about what does this do to our constitution in this country what does it do to our image what does it do to the rule of law what does it do to the very thing that separates us from barbaric countries and so you had the democrats lined up right along with republicans there is nothing that's g
if there's not going to be a remedy at law and criminal law and apparently there isn't even the president's made a fairly clear that he has no intention of prosecuting much less even investigating george w. bush. dick cheney don rumsfeld the others. are there remedies a civil war. no they're going to have immunity yet every every stage anybody bringing a case like this there was an attempt to even have you know to characterize a couple of them is criminals in spain and in italy and there was...
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>> we've asked through law enforcement for photographs and video tape. everybody has a smart phone and you can imagine thousands and thousands of images. every single one of those is combed. as the forensic investigators piece together what type of device and what type of container it was held until that helps folks reviewing the photos and videos to understand what exactly we should be looking for. >> rose: i want to thank you. i know it's a busy day and i don't want to take longer than i asked for and your people so graciously promised me on a busy day. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: as you know, people around the world because it was such an international event have been deeply saddened by this and i think their hopes and their prayers and their encouragement to the people of the commonwealth of massachusetts is strong and deep as you know. thank you for joining us. >> i'm grateful for that, arlie. haveeceid messages from friends and people i've never met from all over the country and all over the world expressing support for us here in boston and in
>> we've asked through law enforcement for photographs and video tape. everybody has a smart phone and you can imagine thousands and thousands of images. every single one of those is combed. as the forensic investigators piece together what type of device and what type of container it was held until that helps folks reviewing the photos and videos to understand what exactly we should be looking for. >> rose: i want to thank you. i know it's a busy day and i don't want to take longer...
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is this where laws on the books have been ignored? >> laws are ineffective if you don't have the people to enforce them. and osha is so under staffed it can't possibly do the work. as for regulation, across the board we need increasing regulation. it protects business too. it is not good for businesses, and certainly not good for the west fertilizer company right now in west texas to have undergone what it has gone through. i think that conservative and liberal lines break down at times like this. all of west, texas conservative right through to perhaps a few progressives there are horrified by what happened. and there is no question that serious concern for human beings, for workers regulation is the answer. >> john: amy goodman is the host and executive producer of "democracy now," the greatest radio show. >> and tv. >> john: and tv. i'm sorry it's been such a sad occasion. you're going to stick around for the next block? great. we'll talk about the boston marathon bombing. both sides of the gun debate say this proves their point. a
is this where laws on the books have been ignored? >> laws are ineffective if you don't have the people to enforce them. and osha is so under staffed it can't possibly do the work. as for regulation, across the board we need increasing regulation. it protects business too. it is not good for businesses, and certainly not good for the west fertilizer company right now in west texas to have undergone what it has gone through. i think that conservative and liberal lines break down at times...
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. >> why have they not adopted the law. what is it about forced treatment and the consequences for an allowing refusing treatment. we have a panel who have a knowledge of this subject in some cases because of their professional endeavors and in some cases because of personal experiences and in some cases, both. let me introduce them. karen chen is an attorney manager for the san francisco public defenders office, kathy, whose son battled mental illness, can is a subject treatment expert for the medical center. danny is the associate director for the serial neeb breet program for the city of san diego. and san francisco chief of police. gary is a psychiatrist and laura's law advocate and eduardo vega of the mental health association of san francisco. let me start by opposing a question to karen chen from the public defenders office. karen, can you -- how about if you start by giving us an overview of how the city handles this conflict between treatment and civil liberties. >> an involuntary hold starts in san francisco when
. >> why have they not adopted the law. what is it about forced treatment and the consequences for an allowing refusing treatment. we have a panel who have a knowledge of this subject in some cases because of their professional endeavors and in some cases because of personal experiences and in some cases, both. let me introduce them. karen chen is an attorney manager for the san francisco public defenders office, kathy, whose son battled mental illness, can is a subject treatment expert...
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extremely proud of law enforcement today and what we've accomplished. thank you. >> reporter: chief, did you have the communication with the suspect? >> we're not done. chief mcmillan from the m.b.t.a. >> i just want to thank all those who sent their thoughts and prayers to officer donahue and his family. please know that it was deeply appreciated. thank you. and i also want to commend all of the law enforcement agencies who took part in this. this is truly dedication and commitment at its best and i'm prd thank you. >> special agent in charge of the a.t.f.. >> my name is joseph fatterumo, special agent in charge. >> stand right here. >> today the entire world witnessed this law enforcement's community commitment to apprehending these offenders. make no doubt this combined effort will never cease in its protection of every city, every town, and every neighborhood in our nation. the prayers from every a.t.f. employee will continue to go out to the victims as they deal from this senseless act of violence. may god bless the citizens. >> suffolk county dist
extremely proud of law enforcement today and what we've accomplished. thank you. >> reporter: chief, did you have the communication with the suspect? >> we're not done. chief mcmillan from the m.b.t.a. >> i just want to thank all those who sent their thoughts and prayers to officer donahue and his family. please know that it was deeply appreciated. thank you. and i also want to commend all of the law enforcement agencies who took part in this. this is truly dedication and...
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. >> i was told by a boston law enforcement source we got him. >> jon: [bleep] i can't... you know, so many people, this is so important. so many people are going to be reading this tonight. give me the details. this is exciting. >> federal law enforcement source says an arrest has been made base on two different videos showing images of the suspect. the video enhancement showed a dark-skinned male placing the package at the second etion ploation site and backing away >> jon: dark skinned male. boy, wow. how did they narrow that down? that could be anybody from dennis rodman to george hamilton. i mean, he could still... or maybe brooklyn assemblyman. so, boy, that's... wow. but, you know, they had a tremendous amount of information. more importantly... >> we're getting some exclusive information from cnn's john king. you're working your sources. you're getting more information. exclusive reporting. you heard this dramatic exclusive reporting that john has done now. >> jon: you know what?at john this is why you turn to cnn in a crisis. you know, we make fun of them sometime
. >> i was told by a boston law enforcement source we got him. >> jon: [bleep] i can't... you know, so many people, this is so important. so many people are going to be reading this tonight. give me the details. this is exciting. >> federal law enforcement source says an arrest has been made base on two different videos showing images of the suspect. the video enhancement showed a dark-skinned male placing the package at the second etion ploation site and backing away >>...
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john miller has been talking with his sources in law enforcement all afternoon long and, john, what can you tell us? >> well, one of those hundred people in the hospital is somebody they're interested in. this was an individual who witnesses just before the blast saw and thought was acting suspiciously and after the blast ran away. although we have to say if context a lot of people ran away. he was chased down and tackled, handed over to boston police and this is someone they are talking to now. he's suffering from burns. >> pelley: john, there's been conflicting reports about whether an unexploded bomb was discovered and defused by the police. what do you know about that? >> so you have the two devices that went off and then a number of packages that the bomb squad disrupted. we were told earlier today that one of those was a recovered device. right now there's a little bit walking back from that so we still have some reports that they recovered a device and we have some people saying it now appears that they did not. that would be unfortunate because an intact device would give them a
john miller has been talking with his sources in law enforcement all afternoon long and, john, what can you tell us? >> well, one of those hundred people in the hospital is somebody they're interested in. this was an individual who witnesses just before the blast saw and thought was acting suspiciously and after the blast ran away. although we have to say if context a lot of people ran away. he was chased down and tackled, handed over to boston police and this is someone they are talking...
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the implementation of the bill are borne by the immigrants themselves as has been much immigration law in the past. now,, i think it's too -- look, we want a rigorous, right, everify system. what does that mean? it's a system, you go get a job, 16 million people change -- initiate a job every year. that is they go and apply for a job every year. 16 million in the united states. i want a system that when they go, they say, boy, you are verified by the american government as being legally in the united states, legally eable to vote, and verified. and sell that to the employer and if the employer hires somebody that doesn't go through that verification system, i think the weight of the law should fall on them like never seen before. there should be penalties and there should be jail sentences so you don't hire people undocumented, illegally in this country ever again. that's going to cost money to set up that verification system. but let's just agree on this. we are going to set up such a verification system because that guarantees the american people that they feel we're not fooling arou
the implementation of the bill are borne by the immigrants themselves as has been much immigration law in the past. now,, i think it's too -- look, we want a rigorous, right, everify system. what does that mean? it's a system, you go get a job, 16 million people change -- initiate a job every year. that is they go and apply for a job every year. 16 million in the united states. i want a system that when they go, they say, boy, you are verified by the american government as being legally in the...
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>> no. >> does law enforcement know anything about that? >> no. >> there is mention of circuitry or a circuit board kind of device that was found. can you say anything about that? i'm assuming -- is that something you want to share with the store owners? >> i believe the circuit board was brought up by a member of the media right here and my remarks on that, i'm not prepared to speak to that, any aspect pertaining to that right now. certainly, going out to the community conducting the logical investigation i can assure you that the joint terrorism task force is doing that as we speak. >> are there any communications as to whether it took a lot of planning to do this, that they may have been planning for many years? >> again, hopefully that will come out in the investigation. that would be speculation on my part right now to speculate how much planning went into this. i do not want to provide you with anything that might be inaccurate information ultimately. i wouldn't want to speculate on that. >> the names of two victims have come out. >>
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and of course, just as you said, have of we have confirmed from a law enforcement source that the person on the boat is in custody, but they have not identified that person. i have to tell you, i was thinking about the people in this neighborhood as we were watching this happen, how many people must be terrified sitting in their house all day long, while the lockdown was under way. and how relieved they would be if this was a resolution to that. when we were covering some of the grievously injured people earlier in the week from the bombings itself that happened on monday the doctors kept talking about their concerns for p.t.s.d., posttraumatic stress syndrome, but not just the victims, but the people who witnessed it, the people who helped at that time, and the family member member to endure. and i wonder. how people have been suffering through this whole week in this neighborhood and this city waiting for some kind of sign of safety that this person who was so willing to kill innocent people of captured. >> pelley: thank you very much. we're going to continue to watch that live picture
and of course, just as you said, have of we have confirmed from a law enforcement source that the person on the boat is in custody, but they have not identified that person. i have to tell you, i was thinking about the people in this neighborhood as we were watching this happen, how many people must be terrified sitting in their house all day long, while the lockdown was under way. and how relieved they would be if this was a resolution to that. when we were covering some of the grievously...
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law firms like jim's law firm or chris's law firm help us in situations where we are trying to establish counsel and reinforce. we get over a thousand cases a year. from that first request we are usually able to take it down to about half. many of them who are writing to us are not claiming to be innocent. they are probably claiming that their prison conditions are inadequate and they are probably right. they might be claiming that they haven't received their medication, they are probably right. they are probably -- they often complaining that they were overcharged and over sentence. they probably right. we refer them as much as we can to those that might be able to help them. from then we begin the triage process to see if there is any kind of assistance once we investigate and if we are able to litigate it. >> thank you. next i would like to ask jim, poor people who are accused of a crime have a right to a public defender but most of the cases are in civil court, child custody, workers right, compensation for catastrophic injuries. where is the combid gideon for this? >> it's not there
law firms like jim's law firm or chris's law firm help us in situations where we are trying to establish counsel and reinforce. we get over a thousand cases a year. from that first request we are usually able to take it down to about half. many of them who are writing to us are not claiming to be innocent. they are probably claiming that their prison conditions are inadequate and they are probably right. they might be claiming that they haven't received their medication, they are probably...
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the law says you can't disclose the information for the person who has the classified source to the reporter but the reporter can't be prohibited then from publishing that's largely in a son just not under legal trouble united states but bradley manning is the reporter once he gets the information can do whatever they want with it that's the famous new york times case so but the point is whistleblowers like tom drake is a classic example he was exposing the fact that we could have gotten a three million dollar program and it cost a billion dollars because of no bid contracts and i don't know why the obama strange went after him i'm glad charge had been dropped and i'll be first to condemn any just the private investigation to tom drake he didn't expose names he only exposed the limited government misconduct that he saw he's a classic whistle blower he should never have been prosecuted absolutely genies that but i think you have to make a distinction dream that in a broad document dump five hundred thousand documents some of which may well have exposed or misconduct but a whole bunch
the law says you can't disclose the information for the person who has the classified source to the reporter but the reporter can't be prohibited then from publishing that's largely in a son just not under legal trouble united states but bradley manning is the reporter once he gets the information can do whatever they want with it that's the famous new york times case so but the point is whistleblowers like tom drake is a classic example he was exposing the fact that we could have gotten a...